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OVERSEW (oversewn)
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Irregular inflected form: oversewn
Dictionary entry overview: What does oversew mean?
• OVERSEW (verb)
The verb OVERSEW has 1 sense:
1. sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both
Familiarity information: OVERSEW used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they oversew ... he / she / it oversews
Past simple: oversewed
Past participle: oversewn
-ing form: oversewing
... he / she / it oversews Past simple: oversewed
Past participle: oversewn
-ing form: oversewing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "oversew" is one way to...):
overcast (sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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